8th federal electoral district of Chiapas

Chiapas's 8th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
Incumbent
Member	Roberto Armando Albores Gleason
Party	▌ Labour Party
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Chiapas
Head town	Comitán de Domínguez
Covers	Bella Vista, Comitán de Domínguez, Chicomuselo, Frontera Comalapa, Socoltenango, La Trinitaria, Tzimol
Region	Third
Precincts	171
Population	423,840

Federal electoral districts of Chiapas since 2022

Chiapas under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

2005–2017 8th district shaded blue

The 8th federal electoral district of Chiapas (Spanish : Distrito electoral federal 08 de Chiapas) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 13 such districts in the state of Chiapas. ^[1]

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the third region. ^{[2] [3]}

Chiapas's 8th district was created as part of the 1977 electoral reforms. Under the 1975 districting plan, Chiapas had only six congressional districts; ^[4] with the 1977 reforms, the number increased to nine. ^[5] The newly created district elected its first deputy in the 1979 mid-term election.

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Roberto Armando Albores Gleason of the Labour Party (PT). ^{[6] [7]}

District territory

Under the National Electoral Institute's 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, ^[8] Chiapas's 8th district covers 171 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across seven municipalities near the Guatemalan border: ^{[9] [10]}

• Bella Vista, Comitán de Domínguez, Chicomuselo, Frontera Comalapa, Socoltenango, La Trinitaria and Tzimol.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Comitán de Domínguez. The district reported a population of 423,840 in the 2020 Census. ^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1972	1978	1996	2005	2017	2022
Chiapas	6	9	12	12	13	13
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1] [11] [5] [12]

2005–2017

Between 2017 and 2022, the 8th district comprised a slightly different group of eight municipalities near the Guatemalan border: Comitán de Domínguez, Frontera Comalapa, Nicolas Ruiz, Las Rosas, Socoltenango, La Trinitaria, Tzimol and Venustiano Carranza. ^[13]

2005–2017

In 2005–2017 the district covered another group of eight municipalities near the international border: Bella Vista, Chicomuselo, Comitán de Domínguez, Frontera Comalapa, La Independencia, La Trinitaria, Socoltenango and Tzimol. The head town was the city of Comitán. ^[14]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district had another slightly different configuration. Still in the same broad region and centred on Comitán, it covered the following municipalities:

• Comitán de Domínguez, La Independencia, La Trinitaria, Socoltenango and Tzimol, as in the 2005 plan, plus:
• Amatenango del Valle, Chanal, Las Rosas, and Teopisca. ^[15]

1978–1996

The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, Chiapas's seat allocation rose from six to nine. ^[16] The new 8th district had its head town at Tonalá and it covered six municipalities. ^[17]

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PP
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PES
	PRD

Eighth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1979	Juan Sabines Gutiérrez [18] Alberto Cuesy Balboa		1979 1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Germán Jiménez Gómez [19]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Óscar Ochoa Zepeda [20]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Leyber Martínez González [21]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Ricardo López Gómez [22]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Germán Jiménez Gómez [23]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Juan Carlos Gómez Aranda [24]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Roberto Javier Fuentes Domínguez [25]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Mario Culebro Velasco [26]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Arnulfo Cordero Alfonzo [27]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Roberto Armando Albores Gleason [28]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Óscar Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar [29]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Luis Ignacio Avendaño Bermúdez [30] Uberly López Roblero [31]		2015–2017 2017–2018	63rd Congress
2018	María Roselia Jiménez Pérez  [ es ] [32]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021	Ismael Brito Mazariegos  [ es ] [33]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024 [6]	Roberto Armando Albores Gleason [7]		2024–2027	66th Congress

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